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should the united states be encouraging these protestors? whether they're in tunisia or egypt or wherever they want their rights and should we encourage them to seek them if it means going to the streets? >> i think we should encourage both those who are seeking the rights and the government to talk, to actually sit down and talk with one another. to try to resolve some of what are the... the interests that are being pursued by those who are protesting. now, so far there seems to be some differences and historically in the past the concern was in some of these countries that some of the more radical elements of the society, more radicalized were the ones in the streets. some could argue... might argue that what was going on in lebanon is what was going on in egypt is n terms of who is the... who the protesting forces are. hezbollah is not... does not seem to be what is the nature of the protest that's going on in egypt right now. but... so not every one of these these circumstances is the same, which was my point before. we're encouraging th
should the united states be encouraging these protestors? whether they're in tunisia or egypt or wherever they want their rights and should we encourage them to seek them if it means going to the streets? >> i think we should encourage both those who are seeking the rights and the government to talk, to actually sit down and talk with one another. to try to resolve some of what are the... the interests that are being pursued by those who are protesting. now, so far there seems to be some...
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ese are human rights and the united states will stand up for them everywhere. i also call upon the egyptian government to reverse the actions that they've taken to interfere with access to the internet, to cell phone service and to social networks that do so much to connect people in the 21st century. at the same time, those protesting in the streets have a responsibility to express themselves peacefully. violence and destruction will not lead to the reforms that they seek. now going forward, this moment of volatility has to be turned into a moment of promise. the united states has a close partnership with egypt and we have weigh cooperated on many issues including working together to advance a more peaceful region. but we've also been clear that there must be reform. political, social, and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the egyptian people. in the absence of these reforms, grievances have built up over time. when president mew barak address-- mubarak addressed the egyptian people tonight he pledged a better democracy and greater economic opportu
ese are human rights and the united states will stand up for them everywhere. i also call upon the egyptian government to reverse the actions that they've taken to interfere with access to the internet, to cell phone service and to social networks that do so much to connect people in the 21st century. at the same time, those protesting in the streets have a responsibility to express themselves peacefully. violence and destruction will not lead to the reforms that they seek. now going forward,...
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and violence is not the response. >> what is the united states doing about aid? >> obviously we will be reviewing our assistance posture based on-- based on events now and in the coming days. >> i'm wondering why this message that you are delivering from the podium and we heard from secretary of state clinton earlier today, why the president isn't himself making those same comments on a phone call? i mean it seem as that it would be more powerful. the president can pick up the phone, call president pew barack and make the same remarks. >> i think it's important to understand that we have-- we are in continual contact with, throughout levels of our government with the egyptian government. and i think what's also very important is we have not waited for the events of the past several days to bring up our concerns and the concerns of the egyptian people about what i said. association, assembly, freedom of expression, freedom, internet freedoms. those are discussions that are had at every opportunity when anybody from our government meets with the egyptian government
and violence is not the response. >> what is the united states doing about aid? >> obviously we will be reviewing our assistance posture based on-- based on events now and in the coming days. >> i'm wondering why this message that you are delivering from the podium and we heard from secretary of state clinton earlier today, why the president isn't himself making those same comments on a phone call? i mean it seem as that it would be more powerful. the president can pick up the...
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>> the united states has to get used to this. we've seen in new reports today troubles in tunisia and egypt. now we have lebanon. what's the irony is lebanon may turn out to be the most stable of any of these governments because it's a confessional democracy. >> warner: explain confessional democracy briefly. >> the muslims and sunni muslims and shia muslims hold one part of the parliament eke equal to seats with the christians. they're evenly divided. it's a very tenuous... there's a quota fof for each confession in the country. and this government, led by hariri, collapsed as sometimes happens in a parliamentary democracy. now a new government is being formed. this is something i think we can live with. yes, it's uncomfortable as the secretary of state made clear but it's something we can live with. >> warner: he said this did amount to a coups. you saw people in the streets. this is a country that has had a real history of violent, sectarian conflict. do you think that that... do you agree with mark perry that this will be ver
>> the united states has to get used to this. we've seen in new reports today troubles in tunisia and egypt. now we have lebanon. what's the irony is lebanon may turn out to be the most stable of any of these governments because it's a confessional democracy. >> warner: explain confessional democracy briefly. >> the muslims and sunni muslims and shia muslims hold one part of the parliament eke equal to seats with the christians. they're evenly divided. it's a very tenuous......
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i think best way for us in the united states to kill that perception is for us to come out very clearly and say that we support the right of these people to protest and we believe that their call for democracy is a legitimate call and we support it for them as we do for all people's around the world. >> woodruff: tareq masoud at harvard university. thank you very much. >> ifill: finally tonight, poetry amid the rubble. jeffrey brown has the last of his reports from his recent trip to haiti, one year after the earthquake. >> reporter: in carrefore, the sprawling area of almost half a million on the outskits of haiti's capital, port-au-prince, scenes of destruction from last year's earthquake are everywhere. but also, perhaps unexpectedly, voices raised not in anger, but in verse. every saturday afternoon for the last ten years, a group of writers and readers has gathered here in a tiny library they come to write, discuss and recite poetry in french and creole. this woman's verse imagines a place where nothing can harm you. this man speaks of wiping away horrors and hunger with a dance. t
i think best way for us in the united states to kill that perception is for us to come out very clearly and say that we support the right of these people to protest and we believe that their call for democracy is a legitimate call and we support it for them as we do for all people's around the world. >> woodruff: tareq masoud at harvard university. thank you very much. >> ifill: finally tonight, poetry amid the rubble. jeffrey brown has the last of his reports from his recent trip...
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it's been racking up car of the year awards in the united states. the all electric nissan leaf just named car of the year in europe is about to hit the show rooms. toyota and honda have plug-ins on tap. ford has a bevy of electrified vehicles ready to roll which it showed off at a recent auto show in detroit. so will electrics again compete? as they did at the dawn of the automobile era, when they outnumbered gasoline-powered cars. or will the key component of electrics, the battery, remain discouragingly expensive? will gasoline prove too tough a rival, that is, as it has since the add vent of cheap texas oil more than a century ago? >> what showed up in that same time frame was the combustion engine. it had longer range, higher energy, and that really started to dominate for the next 110 years. >> reporter: so it just turned out that gasoline was so inexpensive because it didn't take much to refine it, and that could propel a car just more cheaply than either electricity or steam? >> absolutely. the energy density in a gallon of fuel is something
it's been racking up car of the year awards in the united states. the all electric nissan leaf just named car of the year in europe is about to hit the show rooms. toyota and honda have plug-ins on tap. ford has a bevy of electrified vehicles ready to roll which it showed off at a recent auto show in detroit. so will electrics again compete? as they did at the dawn of the automobile era, when they outnumbered gasoline-powered cars. or will the key component of electrics, the battery, remain...